                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTIFICATION RENEWAL OF INDIVIDUALS WHO BECAME CERTIFIED UNDER THE PROVISIONS
OF § 54.1-3514 (§ 54.1-3515)

After July 1, 2001, the Board of Counseling shall not renew a certificate to any
person who became certified under the provisions of § 54.1-3514 without
documentation that such person meets the current requirements for certification
established by the Board, unless such person provided rehabilitation services
for at least two years immediately preceding July 1, 1997, and has done so
continuously since that date without interruption and received a passing score
on a Board approved examination. The Board of Counseling, pursuant to its
authority in this section and in § 54.1-3505, shall adopt regulations to
implement the 1997 revisions of the law relating to certified rehabilitation
providers in 280 days or less of the date of the enactment of such revisions.

HISTORY: 1997, c. 839; 1999, c. 609; 2000, c. 473.